(urth) Long Review Essay on Wizard Knight

Matthew King automatthew at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 12:25:46 PDT 2007


On Sep 25, 2007, at 1:13 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>>> Able definitely talks about writing Ben a letter.
>
>> In the opening of The Knight, Abel mentions seeing Ben by the fire on
>> the battlefield, with no further explanation.  The explanation only
>> comes in the closing scenes of the Wizard, where the tarnhelm-ish
>> thingy gives Abel the power to see things as they truly are.  He
>> looks at Bold Berthold and sees Ben.
>
> Yes. Still, Able does talk about writing Ben a letter.

And _The Wizard Knight_ is that letter, natch.

Wolfe's disbelief in the third person voice provides the constraints  
within which his genius flows.



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